AA Upgrade on BA
Apr 18, 2019, 10:35 am
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AA Upgrade on BA
I imagine this has been asked and answered 100 times on here, but I did a forum search and gave up looking through the results...
I am booking a flight on BA.com, which is LHR -> ORD -> BTV (AA for the first leg then Skywest Airlines as American Eagle)
I will be booking WTP.
Question is, do BA give 'upgrade offers' on these kind of flights, same as they do on normal BA flights? (Can I upgrade the flights cash and/or avois)?
Also there is 'best route' to get to BTV from UK? Some options have longer waits that other, but don't want too short a wait, as don't want to miss the connection and don't really know much about the transit experience at any of the transit airports
Cheers
I am booking a flight on BA.com, which is LHR -> ORD -> BTV (AA for the first leg then Skywest Airlines as American Eagle)
I will be booking WTP.
Question is, do BA give 'upgrade offers' on these kind of flights, same as they do on normal BA flights? (Can I upgrade the flights cash and/or avois)?
Also there is 'best route' to get to BTV from UK? Some options have longer waits that other, but don't want too short a wait, as don't want to miss the connection and don't really know much about the transit experience at any of the transit airports
Cheers
Apr 18, 2019, 10:44 am
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You will not get POUG offers on this. You might be eligible for an AUP on your long haul flights.
Apr 18, 2019, 10:56 am
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(I might have a couple of extra trips too, so the extra question is, is the 2500 bonus thing worth it?)
Apr 18, 2019, 11:37 am
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See this thread:
AA Guide: ORD / Chicago O'Hare International Airport - MCT, Connection, etc.
Apr 18, 2019, 11:47 am
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ORD is not the easiest transit since you have to change terminals. However, as a gold you will have access to the AA Flagship Lounge in T3 which is fine. I would allow for time to use the lounge and if there is a delay you have a buffer, (but then I dislike tight connections - YMMV)
See this thread:
AA Guide: ORD / Chicago O'Hare International Airport - MCT, Connection, etc.
See this thread:
AA Guide: ORD / Chicago O'Hare International Airport - MCT, Connection, etc.
there are three options, one is 2 hours connection, second is 6 hours (third is even longer)
Apr 18, 2019, 12:02 pm
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Apr 18, 2019, 12:09 pm
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Flying from London to Chicago to go to Vermont seems out of the way. Is there anything through BOS?
Also, does AA offer a separate premium economy (WTP) cabin on this TATL flight or are you paying extra for just seats with a little more legroom?
Also, does AA offer a separate premium economy (WTP) cabin on this TATL flight or are you paying extra for just seats with a little more legroom?
Apr 18, 2019, 12:10 pm
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Apr 18, 2019, 12:54 pm
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I think ORD-LHR is a 788 operation - I believe they've been refitting that fleet with PE recently [and they were plenty aggressive on the other fleets] but it might depend how far out the flight is regarding the odds of a last minute swap to a PE-less bird.
Apr 18, 2019, 1:50 pm
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I have even been advised that I can fly to montreal and get coach down
Apr 18, 2019, 6:55 pm
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The last PE-less AA 788 went in for refit yesterday. When it returns to service, all 788 aircraft will have a PE cabin. The downside is that the J cabin went from 28 seats down to 20 seats. That makes the chances of a domestic upgrade and SWU/miles and co-pay international upgraded flights a little more scarce.